[KLUG Members] Dual proc Mobos

[Adam Bultman]

My beef is I got this for free. I was hoping putting no more than a
hundred bucks into a mobo and replace the PPro 200 system I have now.  So,
spending a boat-load of cash on a new mobo, procs, and RAM is a bit more
than I was thinking.

Oh, well. I'll keep lookin', and see what I can find.

-- 
Adam Bultman
adam@glaven.org
[ http://www.glaven.org ]


On 24 May 2002, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 11:45, Adam Bultman wrote:
> > What's a good Dual PII Motherboard? I've got two cpus (Slot one, 400 MHz)
> > and a mobo with no VRM, so I'm on the market for one.
>
> First off, have you checked the liquidators (Hitechcafe.COM,
> Compgeeks.COM, etc...) for VRM modules?
>
> Secondly, do the Intel SPEC numbers match???  If not, they're NOT
> guaranteed to work or be stable with each other.  That's Intel SMP in
> action.
>
> > I'm bidding on an ASUS P2B-D, but it's insane.  I bid 90 bucks on one at
> > 46, and it immediately went past!
> > I'm thinking of sticking with ASUS, although I'd go to another if
> > possible.
>
> Tyan Tiger MP (S2460) mainboards have now dropped to $160.  Add in a
> few, cheap Duron or Athlon (non-XP) processors and you've got a kick@$$
> system.  Or even the 1.2GHz Athlon MPs have now dropped to under $100,
> so they're an option too.
>
> Unlike Intel SMP (which Intel does NOT rate all its processors for
> either), AMD's EV6 MP bus is _far_more_tolerance_ of CPU differences
> because they _run_independently_.  You can even mix different speed
> processors (as long as they use the same FSB)!
>
> -- Bryan
>
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